{"id":"CVE-2022-50871","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: Fix qmi_msg_handler data structure initialization\n\nqmi_msg_handler is required to be null terminated by QMI module.\nThere might be a case where a handler …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: Fix qmi_msg_handler data structure initialization\n\nqmi_msg_handler is required to be null terminated by QMI module.\nThere might be a case where a handler …","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d < d5d71de448f36e34592f7c81b5e300d3e8dbb735","Linux >= d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d < a10e1530c424bb277b4edc7def0195857a548495","Linux >= d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d < ed3725e15a154ebebf44e0c34806c57525483f92","Linux 5.6"],"published":"2025-12-30","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T22:17:34.393","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50871","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a10e1530c424bb277b4edc7def0195857a548495","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d71de448f36e34592f7c81b5e300d3e8dbb735","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3725e15a154ebebf44e0c34806c57525483f92","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00153,"epssPercentile":0.0437,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T21:32:41.532449Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T22:48:25.383Z","slug":"CVE-2022-50871","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: Fix qmi_msg_handler data structure initialization\n\nqmi_msg_handler is required to be null terminated by QMI module.\nThere might be a case where a handler for a msg id is not present in the\nhandlers array which can lead to infinite loop while searching the handler\nand therefore out of bound access in qmi_invoke_handler().\nHence update the initialization in qmi_msg_handler data structure.\n\nTested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01100-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}